Imagine: a pitch black room with a small flashlight clutched in your hand, your eyes frantically scanning the page as you wait to see who shed all the blood in that mysterious small town. Mystery reads with blood, gore, and murder always have a different effect when read on Halloween. The books below hold tremendous amounts of suspense to keep you wanting more.
Tiffany D. Jackson, bestselling author of Monday’s Not Coming, knocked another one out of the park with Grown. Grown follows teenage wannabe singer, Enchanted Jones, who has the chance of a lifetime when heartthrob Korey Fields listens in on her audition. Deciding she has unbelievable talent, he takes Enchanted under his wing, showing her the ropes of the music industry and even offering her a feature on one of his songs. But everything goes wrong when one morning, Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands. Korey’s blood. The heart racing story goes back and forth between the past and present, leaving readers curious to the very last page. Although it may not seem like an obvious thriller read, Jackson delivers excitement with Enchanted's crazy journey.
Imagine getting thrown into a boarding school with professional killers. Killing November by Adriana Mather follows teen November Adley, gifted with useful skills like stealth and the ability to climb any surface, who only plans to stay a few weeks until her dad finishes helping her aunt with “unfinished business.” She plans to keep her head down and stay out of trouble, but when she gives into the temptation of leaving her room to meet a boy, she faces the consequences when she finds a dead body. Just like that, November dives headfirst into family secrets, heartbreaking truths, and into the path of a relentless killer. Mather created a perfect story to read on Halloween night; the murder, the blood, the clues, the mystery. . . Nothing can compare to the feeling of outrage and shock when the reader realizes what happened.
You Owe Me a Murder by Mileen Cook follows main character and protagonist, Kim, who goes on a trip to London with her ex-boyfriend Connor and his new girlfriend. Kim found a new friend in Nicki, and both of them connected on their traumatic experiences with people they trusted. Nicki eventually asks Kim to write all of the reasons Connor should die. They land and go their separate ways, but when Connor gets brutally murdered, she receives a text with the iconic line, “You owe me a murder,” and fails to realize that Nicki now has her in the palm of her hand.
With Halloween coming fast, make sure to grab a fun mystery read to snuggle up with. All of the books mentioned above can be bought at Barnes and Nobles, Amazon, and libraries such as the one at AFHS.
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